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Flecknoe
(Richard). An Irish priest, who printed a host of poems,
letters, and travels. As a poet, his name, like the names of Mavius
and Bavius among the Romans, is proverbial for vileness. Dryden
says he—
Reigned without dispute
Through all the realms of nonsense absolute.
Dryden: MacFlecknoe.
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